The Nopper Family

My new love JACOB CARTER !!!

2011-08-11T13:58:00.000-07:00

Well I have been blessed again with the most wonderful gift....a sweet & perfect baby boy!!!! This has been a wonderful transition. I was induced the morning of June 8th. I had been having pretty good contractions for about 2 days. Probably due to the fact I NEVER slowed down ever. Went to the splash pad all day on my due date. I mean what else or you to do when you are 9 months prego but put on a bikini and lay out right :)

Labor was pretty easy. I got an epidural around 12....stopped working around 1:30. But that was fine because it made pushing so much easier. I think I pushed 3 times and I was ready. Dr. Wiggs got there and I pushed 2 times and he was here. That was just perfect for me :)

I can't express how grateful and blessed we are to now have a healthy baby boy to love on and raise. I find no greater joy than to spend these times with my husband and boys. Jacob is really a good baby. I am nursing so he still wakes up 1-2 times a night to feed but only for 5 minutes and he is back to sleep. Zachary just LOVES him!! He has been the best big brother. Over heard him this week talking to Jacob telling him how much he would miss him at school. I think Jacob gets about 100 kisses or more a day. Half from Zachary :) Anyway, here are a few pictures of the big day!

Thanks to everyone for thinking about us and the prayers up to this day. We are so blessed with amazing friends and family. Love each of you guys more than you know.

Here we go. The morning of the induction!! Feeling great and ready to meet my little man. Snuggle time with Z!!

Last family pic of 3!!

So sweet!!! First time to really see brother. Just loved this special time with my boys!!

My new family of 4!!! I must say...I am one lucky woman to have all these good looking men in my life. Especially my wonderful husband Brett!! Love you so much!!

Sweet big brother kisses!! Hasn't stopped yet :)

We were able to keep Jacob with us the entire time. He did leave us for 20 minutes to get a circumcision. Our nurse Jennifer transitioned him and gave the shots in the room with us. And he stayed with us at night. What can I say....I didn't want to give him up. We had waited to see this fellow for too long.

Brett and his "JC" Pretty much a battle of who gets to hold him!

Sweet love!!

Ready to go home with my little man!!

Our wonderful Doctor. Since we were going every week to see him for about 3 months we got really close to this guy!! Thanks Dr. Wiggs for everything.

Time to go home!!

First night at home and Zachary had to show him the bunk beds. He was telling him how much fun it will be when he gets a little bigger. So sweet.

Getting our first bath!!

Sweet night night time!! Had to sing twinkle twinkle to him before he went to bed :)

For all those who didn't know..... I had a few dreams early on about having this little boy that had a head full of dark brown hair and chubby cheecks that looked just like Brett. It was the same boy every time I had this dream. It was before we even knew what we were having. I kept telling everyone I knew it would be a boy and that I had already fallen in love with him because he looked just like his daddy. Well...when he came out looking just like my dream and his daddy....I was pretty excited.

A Mother's Prayer

2011-06-01T11:05:00.000-07:00

This is the sweetest song in the world. As I am getting ready to meet my sweet Jacob Carter I find myself listening to this song. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Being a mother is so rewarding. I love my babies!! The ones in heaven and on Earth.

Where does time go!!

2011-05-22T12:43:00.000-07:00

I can't believe we are done with our first year of preschool. At first I was not ready to send him to school just yet....he has been home with me everyday since he was born (or with grandparents when I worked) but I must say I am glad that he went to 3k this year. He went on the days I worked which worked out well. I could still be off when he was out of school. He met so many new friends this year. Looking forward to the summer playing with the all of them. Here he is on the last morning of school.

End of the year school party! They are so cute!!

Zachary and his girls. He loves the two!!

Me and my little man. Me almost 9 months pregnant :)

Zachary and Mrs. Judy (his teacher).

This was the first day of pre-school. We had just flew in from disney world the day before. I am ready to go back!! Anyway, this is our little man leaving for school.

First day!

I was still not sure about this as I saw him walking in. Man its hard growing up. Love you Zachary!!

Sweet Showers with great friends!!

2011-05-22T11:20:00.000-07:00

I am first of all so blessed to have great family and friends!! I have really learned a lot with this pregnancy and I must say I am most of all thankful for my friends and family that have been there for us. I can't believe that we will have another sweet boy in just over 2 weeks. I am so ready to meet him and at the same time would like it to slow down knowing just how fast time goes by. Zachary is 4 now but it seems like yesterday we were getting ready to have him. He will be the best big brother I know. He is ready to meet him...he asked everyday how many more days.

This is the first of 3 showers that we had. It was at Emilee's house. The cake was so cute with his little booties on top. I had a lot of fun with the girls at work.
Thanks girls for everything you did. I had a great shower :)

Me and Lacey...BFF for 30 years. Love her. Thanks for being you Lacey!!

Me and my little sister at heart. How I miss seeing her all the time but do not miss school!!

The first thing that said Jacob :) Now we have lots!! Can't wait to see him wear it all!!

So cute!! Matching swim suits. Can't wait to spend the summer off with my boys!!

We had our third shower at my mom's friends house. It was for our family and friends. I had a lot of fun at this shower as well. So many people my mom worked with came. I feel so loved.

This was the cake they made for me. It is sooo cute. It has his little name on top just like his baby room. Loved it. And it was yummy!!

How cute was this. Little potty chair with flowers!

Great friends!! We had a lot of fun. Just didn't want to leave :)

Getting ready to open my gifts!

Soccer Fun!!

2011-05-09T08:31:00.001-07:00

We had so much fun this year playing soccer. Zachary had all his friends on his team, which he loved! It was so cute seeing them play every week. They had a fun team party and this was their yummy cake!! Zachary and coach David!! He was great!

Playing soccer!! He always at least made a couple of goals each game. He thought he was such a awesome player :)

Team photo!

Baby Jacob Carter!!!

2011-03-04T17:30:00.000-08:00

I think this is the first time to blog about Jacob so there will be a lot of pictures to see below. I have loved every minute of this pregnancy. It has been very different this time in a wonderful way. I called Zachary a little turd for for the first 16 weeks I was pregnant but this little angel has been great. Never really got sick. Had some food adversions at the beginning but that's all. I am so blessed to be able to experience this again so here we go........

This is Zachary's full bed that we converted back into the crib. It seems like just yesterday we were putting it together for him. So sweet.
Zachary takes these sono pictures with him and carries them around like they are gold. I had to frame one in his room after we found out it was a boy. He was so excited. He gets to continue to have boy stuff in the house and "no pink stuff" as he says.

This is him being silly after we put the crib up.

Here we are the morning we find out what we are having. I knew if was a boy. Already had been calling him Jacob Carter for a few weeks. I had two dreams about him and he is soooo stinking cute. Woke up looking for him :( Still have to wait a few weeks to see him though.

I let Zachary try out the first paint we bought.....it was way too bright.

6 Months and finally showing!!!!! I LOVE it when I start showing. When I was pregnant with Z I measured my belly everyday to make sure it was growing. I love love love it!!! Why #1 Means IM PREGNANT :) #2 It means I have a healthy baby growing. I'm ready to waddle now!!

Zachary trying out more of Jacobs stuff

First night in the bunk beds!!! I can't wait until they get older and can have sleep overs in the same room. I just know they are going to be best buds (i hope) He is so proud of his new beds.

Taking down the bed to put the crib back together ;)

Painting the room with the perfect green!! Thanks Emilee for helping us find the perfect green !!!

While mommy was working one weekend the boys went shopping. They bought Jacob his first outfit!! So sweet!!

Zachary's friend Lucas gave him a book about being a big brother. He reads this book almost every night. He is so ready for him to be here!!!

5 months pregnant.

Side shot

Getting ready to go to out second visit. Which is Zacharys first visit with us. He goes with us every time and just loves to listen to the heart beat. Already a great big brother!!

Ok this wonderful day makes the top of the list of the happiest days of my life. Brett and I had been trying to make Zachary a big brother for over a year and then God blessed us with another sweet baby. I was so excited. The morning I took the test I was on my way to clinicals so I put the positive test in a zip lock bag and put it in my work bag. Everytime I saw it I would say a little prayer that it would all work out. I carried that thing around with me for a while. I just needed to see it I quess. The line wasn't very dark yet because I took the test so early but it was there.... my little Jacob.

For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of Him. ~ 1 samuel 1:27

The last 4 years...one word "Wonderful"

2011-02-10T13:04:00.001-08:00

Feels like just yesterday I was sitting here thinking this was the last week to have by myself before we were induced with our wonderful little man. I was not the one that wanted more days by myself I was ready to get him out and hug and kiss him. And to tell you the truth still trying to get enough of that to this day. I love being a mommy!! Even in those first months of no sleep I was on a natural high of just being the happiest person. We had waited on this little one for years!!! Every stage still is my favorite. He is growing into this sweet little boy now that makes your heart melt. These are just a few pictures that I wanted to post. Most of them are of the first year. Happy 3rd birthday Zachary!!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Happy first birthday!! Can you tell he liked his cake!!!

9 months old riding his first 4-Wheeler

Told him Santa was coming.....it was his first Christmas!!!! Most people have at least the firsts year with a little one that's non-mobile!! Not this little man he was running around by his first Christmas....walking at 9 months.

Gunner and Zachary!! Zachary was about 8 months old

Love those smiles!!

First Halloween. He was about 8 months old

First Christmas!!

First trip....to the beach of course!! He was 6 months old.

Learned how to crawl really good when he was 6 months old and I was trying to pack for his firsts trip. He thought it was so funny to crawl into the suitcase and pull everything out!!

He was about 2 months old laughing in his sleep!!

Started play dates early. This was about 2 months old as well!

LOVED bath time!!

Going on a walk!!

First day home from the hospital with my mommy!! I was so happy to have him home!!

He was in preemie clothes for a little while. Poor little thing!! He was so tiny!!!

Getting some photo shoots in at the hospital!!

Getting all checked out!!

Right after he was born!! No pictures of me...I was crying more than he was!! Happy tears :)

Happy birthday Zachary!!! LOVE you more than you will ever know. Truely a gift from God!!

Graduation and Boards Complete FNP :-)

2011-01-27T13:26:00.000-08:00

IT'S DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoo Hooo!!!!!!!!!!!! I passed my board exam last week and never thought I would be so happy to see this day come. The test was not bad and it took me about an hour and a half. It was really hot in the room so I was ready to leave so I was not even as anal as usual to go back through and make sure it was all right and pick over it. I was just ready to be done!! I have the best husband in the world. Even though I did school work when Zachary took naps he still pampered me and would help out with EVERYTHING around the house when I was in school for the whole 2 1/2 years so I could just relax and play with Z. I never felt like I missed out on anything with him. Brett surprised me (actually Zachary)with these earings the morning we left for graduation. I am so blessed to have such a Christian husband and father. Love you Brett!!!!

Here we are walking in. I was on cloud 9!!!!!

Such a wonderful feeling walking across that stage!! Glad I didn't trip!! HA

My biggest fan club!!!!

This chick is the best person to have with you in the world if you are going through school!! We always said for 2 years we were like two peas in a pod. Didn't know 2 people could be so much a like. I love her!! Great job little sister!!!!!!

Another one of my biggest fans!!!

We did it Jenna!!!!

This is the strongest woman I know!!! If anyone can go through a Master's Program and rock like she did I want to see it. She was more on top of stuff than anyone. Great job Jodee!!!!

Loved this part!!!

THE END!!! A chapter of my life is complete. Kind of sad. I am so blessed to have finished my Master's program!! It was a goal of mine that I was ready to take on finally. Till next time!

Christmas 2010 !!

2011-01-24T13:40:00.000-08:00

This was a wonderful Christmas!! Each year just keeps getting better it seems. This year it was so much fun to see how excited Zachary got about Santa. I took a 2 month break from school and had the whole month of November and December to do nothing but enjoy time with the family. We took full advantage of the holiday season and went to so many fun events. I just love this time of year. This will be the last time we have a Christmas with just the 3 too. I am looking forward to the new addition to the family!!! Can't believe I will have been blessed with two sweet boys. God is good!!! Here is a picture of us below on Christmas Day! He had so many presents!!! Not sure what to do with it all!!

This was Zachary getting ready to go see what Santa brought him on Christmas morning. He couldn't stop laughing...I love his little laugh!!

Making some yummy cookies for Santa!

We had to feed Rudolph some food so he wouldn't get hungry.

Sweet little ornament he made at school!!! Loved it.

Talking to Santa some more!

Happy New Year!!

2011-01-01T11:18:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to everyone!!! This past year was wonderful!!! Just a few of the things I am most proud of or Thankful for!!

In January 2010 I started my last year of NP school!! Whoo Hoo!!

In February my sweet little man turned 3 and can say he is the healthiest little man. No sick Dr. visits yet!! And ran my first but not last half marathon in just over 2 hours!!!!! So much fun!!

August we went to Disney World and I had the most fun I have ever had. Just seeing Zachary enjoy everything was a blast. I must say I am so happy we went while he was young and the only one. Although you would never know he was 3 because he rode everything and was such a big boy!!!

September we got pregnant with our Second sweet little baby!!! I am so blessed to have another Nopper on the way......I think it's another sweet boy....we will know in 2 weeks!!

October finished school!!

December we went to Birmingham, AL one last time to graduate!!!! I loved that feeling of walking across that stage. I was very proud to have finished with a 4.0 as well. I always said I would go back to get my Masters and I am so happy I accomplished my goal. Thanks for to everyone for their love and support.

December also was wonderful because of Christmas. We had the best Christmas! Zachary is at the perfect age and was just too cute this year. He loved Santa and all his presents. We need a bigger house now!!

I can't wait to see what 2011 will bring and I can't wait. Hope everyone has a wonderful 2011!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Very Thankful!!!

2010-12-02T05:51:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!! I feel so lucky for so much that is going on in my life right now. Now sure where to even start. First I am so thankful for my sweet family. They are the best thing in the world. And we are so excited about the new baby on the way as well. Zachary has really amazed me at how much he is in love with "her" already. He just hugs my belly all the time and just tells me how much he loves her. And he gives her kisses all the time. He has been saving stuff for her too. He is going to be the best big brother. Another milestone is I am finished with my Master's program. I took my last test back in October and finished clinicals. November was so nice. I must say though school was the easiest thing I have done. I finished the entire program doing it when Z was taking a nap. And I am proud to say I finished with a 4.0 :) I hope everyone else enjoyed the holidays. I know I ate way too much. I am ready for Christmas now!!! Our tree has been up for 3 weeks and shopping complete with presents wrapped. And all before Thanksgiving. Now I am just looking forward to all the fun Christmas activities in the next few weeks. Thanksgiving was also daddy's birthday. We celebrating both great occasions!!! Happy birthday to the best daddy. Most thankful for this man. He is by far more than I ever thought possible. He has grown into the most dedicated dad. Lucky to have someone that loves his family so much.

Where to even start with this wonderful lady. This is my Gigi!! She is 93 years old but you would think she was in her 60's. She lives alone and cooks an awesome meal every time we see her and still drives. I love this woman. She is the stongest woman I know. She is my dad's mom. She is just one special lady. We love you Gigi!!!!

God is good!!

2010-11-09T13:56:00.001-08:00

We are very blessed to say that we are expecting another addition to the Nopper family. Could not have happened at a better time in our lives as well. I am officially done with school completely now and just enjoying life. Zachary is going to be the best big brother ever!!!!! He is really excited.

Fall fun and Halloween 2010

2010-11-04T13:21:00.000-07:00

This year we spend Halloween with Zachary's buddy Rivers and Riley Claire. They are neighbors of ours and they are soo sweet together. We had a lot of fun. Ever since we came back from Disney World Zachary has wanted to be Buzz Lightyear. They were so cute. Every time they would get candy Rivers would push the button for buzz to light up and then they would hold hands running to the next house.

Story time Halloween day!! Zachary and his friends all dressed up getting ready for Mrs. June.

Fall festival was a lot of fun again this year. Here we are on the hay ride :)

Zachary was loving this. He was soooo excited!!

This year Zachary went to the pumpkin patch with his Preschool class. They had a lot of fun. He picked the biggest one he could find :)

All of the boys :) He has made so many friends this year. So glad he is loving preschool.

Fair time. As you can see he is having the best time!!

My sweet little smile!!!

Preschool time!!

2010-09-21T10:27:00.000-07:00

My boy is growing up :( I have been really pleased the last month with everyone at school but I was not ready!! He has been going to Pinelake Sunday school for 3 years and hasn't missed a Sunday yet. So it made it alot easier when we decided to send him there for Preschool. What can I say....I love spending time with my little man. He has been a blessing for the past 3 1/2 years. Maybe its because it took us so long to have him but I love spending every second with him. But he is loving school and has made a lot of new friends. And oh my....we have a girlfriend already. Her name is Allie. His teacher Mrs. Judy says he follows her around with love sick eyes and then tells her how pretty she is. This is way too early Zachary!!!

Disney World Trip 2010!!!!

2010-08-24T04:34:00.000-07:00

We went to Disney World about three weeks ago and had the BEST time ever. Zachary had no idea what to expect. I have not been since I was 6 and Brett since he was 13. I did not remember much so I was just as excited, if not more, than the other two. We got up early Thursday to catch a plane and Zachary was soooooo happy. All smiles all morning. He had talked about this plane ride for weeks. We were there for 8 days/7 nights and could have stayed another couple of days. So much stuff to do. The resort we stayed at was just as nice. We could have stayed there the whole time with as many pools and waterslides they had. Anyway, too many pics to even begin to put most of what we did on the blog. And we didn't even take pics of have the stuff we did. Brett is already talking about going back in a year or two. Here he is walking out the door ready to go. The plane ride....he was so happy. Not once did he act like he was scared.

So proud of his pin....Zachary's first trip.

Just one of many places to take a cute picture.

Well worth the wait for the guys. He was so happy to see them.

Chef Mickey. This was the best part. Yummy food and they all come around to your table to take a picture and play with you for a second.

Getting ready to watch the fireworks and the parade. We did this a couple of nights just because it was so amazing and pretty. We also went to the other parks for their parades and fireworks show. Just no pics for some reason. The Fantasmic at Hollywood was AWESOME!!

So sweet. They always seemed to spot Zachary and come over to give him a kiss, hug, or high five. Everyone was so nice. Many older people would see him and tell him to get in front of them. Something about seeing a childs face that makes everyone happy I quess.

The was Crystal Palace. He got to see Tigger, Pooh, Eeyore, & Piglet. Best place to eat as far as food goes.

What we did almost every afternoon! What's vacation if you don't enjoy all of it!!

Fun place to eat too...At the Sci-Fi theater. Inside but looks and feels like a drive in movie.

Getting ready to go in Mickey's house.

First ride he went on. It was again so much fun seeing his little face light up. He was not afraid of anything. He was tall enough to ride everything but maybe 2 total. His favorite though by far was Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain. Think we rode Thunder Mountain at least 5 times. He's 3 and just LOVED it. He still talkes about that ride. He says he misses it so much.

First day we got there we walked up and the a parade was starting. Great way to start the vaca I must say.

Spent the moring with Handy Manny and Little Einsteins. This was a lot of fun. Lots of interaction with the characters and they danced around with the kids.

Dentist...Big boy!!

2010-07-30T11:55:00.001-07:00

This was Zachary's 3rd time to go to the dentist but the first time they did everything like a big boy visit. They are so good with kids. He was not too sure at first but then he was a hoot the rest of the time. The only thing was he wanted to talk to her while she was cleaning his teeth. So proud of him for not once getting upset. I hate the dentist but he was a pro!!!! "Counting his teeth"

Fourth Of July FUN!!

2010-07-07T14:10:00.001-07:00

We had a busy weekend for the 4th of July. The best part of the weekend though was gettting a call the morning of July 4th from work saying I could stay home!! Whoo Hoo!! Was soooo excited. My brother got baptised that morning and I was able to make it to the church for a very special moment.
Here Zachary is below waiting in line for the 50th time to slide Friday night. We went to the balloon glow in Ridgeland!!

Cooling off with a snowcone and listening to the music.

We were front and center so Zachary could see the balloons.

We all got up Saturday morning for the Watermelon Classis. Lots of fun. Started with a 5k and then a little race for Zachary! He had a ball...and thought he was soo grown up. He is going to be a little runner :)

Go Zachary!!

Crossing the finish line!

He was very proud of his metal!!

We went to Canton Saturday night for more slides, balloons, and awesome fireworks show.

They had a magic show and I must say he was pretty good. The adults loved it as much as the kids.

T-ball party!!

2010-07-01T04:10:00.000-07:00

I am so sad to say that our T-Ball season is over. We had so much fun with our little guys though. They played hard the whole time. If you have never watched a 3 year old T-ball game you are missing out because it just doesn't get any more cute. Now we are just trying to decide what to play next. I know we will stick with T-ball but not sure if we will put him in soccer. I wish they had a golf team because Zachary is great at playing that.
Anyway, we had a party for them at CiCis pizza the other night. Thanks to all the players and parents for a great T-ball season :) Getting ready to eat some yummy cupcakes!!

William was looking at Zachary like he was crazy. Just so you know this is William and that boy is awesome. He will be the next baseball star for sure!!

Zachary's favorite buddy Rivers! So cute.

And this is Riley Claire and Zachary! This is our sweet neighbor (along with Rivers above) So lucky to have such great neighbors. This is the little girl Brett would adopt in a second. He just loves her.

Time to pass out the Trophies. Zachary was so proud of his!!!

Zachary, Rivers, Kade, & Mason!!

They were posing all over the place.

Need I say I am one proud mama! Great job Zachary! Love you so much!!

Disney World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-06-19T14:32:00.000-07:00

We are going to Disney World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooo excited! We leave in 6 1/2 weeks and will be there for a week. Can't wait. Zachary is so excited too. He ask every day if it's time to go. I know we will have a lot of fun. I am like a kid when it comes to this stuff. Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Swim Lessons!!

2010-06-14T19:21:00.000-07:00

This year I really wanted Zachary to learn how to swim on his own since we are at the pool a good bit. I signed him up for private lessons and I can now say my little man can swim all by himself. I was really surprised how well he did...he did great the whole time. He can now jump off the diving board and swim all the way to the ladder. He also can jump off this side and swim to the other side just coming up once for air. He loved diving for the rings too. Here are a few pictures of my little man swimming!

Jumping off the diving board with his "fat face"

Swimming like a big boy!

All the way to the ladder!! Great job man!

Diving for rings. I did not realize just how long he could hold his breath.

Well of course we had to get him a real fish!! He named him Nemo (how original I know) Although the first name he picked was baby sister. We told him try agian baby and he came up with Nemo. He gives him a hug and a kiss every night before he goes to bed. So sweet!

Summer Fun !!

2010-06-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Splash Pad again!! We just love this place. We have been busy this summer just having lots of fun. Anything to stay cool on these hot days.

Getting ready for the water to drop!!

Kade and Zachary being silly

Zachary was in HEAVEN....need I say more!!!!

Spending the day at the Museum with all by buddies today. We had a picnic, walked around looking at the fishes, and then took a long nature walk outside.

Zachary, Kade and Evan getting ready to take an "adventure" as Zachary would say.

All 6 kids looking out at the birds :)

We spend Memorial Day at the Water Park this year and had the best time. They have a nice section for kids to play. I just love this age (I know I have been saying this now for 3 years but I just love every age thus far)! We just sat back and watched him slide like a big boy about 100 times in a row.

T-ball fun!!!

2010-05-22T19:06:00.001-07:00

We have been waiting on this for a long time. Zachary loves playing baseball and since he is now 3 he can play T-ball. We have had a lot of fun with practice and games so far. My friend Trisha talked me in to being a coach with her this year as well. I must say I did not know what to do with these little guys being the "coach" but we have made this so much fun. They picked out their name...Green Dragons! They are so cute playing. Luckily over half the team are some of his best buddies so they just think its the best thing ever! Here are just a few pictures I took when I had a second. This is them getting ready to play their first game. Here we are warming up before the game with Mason. There are 3 of us that live right in a row that all have kids within 3 months of each other so that makes it soooo nice to have such great neighbors to hang out with all the time.

All of them trying to get the ball :)

Go Zachary get the ball. Took him a while to know you just run for it. At first he thought you should take turns getting the ball. Now he knows you just go for it.

Here we are at a practice game!!

I must say..we know how to hit the ball!!

The best part of every game and practice is that someone spoils us with treats!!

New Orleans!!

2010-05-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

We took a trip down to New Orleans last week for a couple of days and just had the best time. We went this past February for the half marathon and did not get to do as much stuff as we would like so we took full advantage of the days we were there this time. Zachary fell in love with the boats of course and loved riding across the river. We had great weather the whole time. We even met a pirate on the boat.

One day we took Zachary to the children's museum. There were way too many things to take pictures of...two stories of nothing but fun for Zachary. This was a Mr. Rogers set so Zachary had to play like he was coming in and waving like he does on TV :)

Cooking in the kitchen

The human bubble!

We went to the Zoo one day as well. This is him getting ready for the train ride.

Picnic in the park!

One thing we did was eat, eat, and eat some yummy food. Here we are doing just that!!

Kids fest 2010

2010-04-29T13:21:00.000-07:00

What can I say. Another pretty day hanging out with my little man. Here are some pictures of us at kids fest. Zachary and I had a lot of fun!!

Riding on the train!

Getting ready for the circus. He was not sure about the clown acting crazy :)

Shaving like a big boy!

2010-04-20T04:40:00.000-07:00

The Easter bunny brought Zachary a shaving cream set that has to be the cutiest thing. Zachary loves to watch Brett shave and of course ask him all about it. Now he thinks he is such a big boy since he can shave too. He was focused!

Checking out his face in the mirror when he was done. And we he finished he was rubbing on his face telling me how smooth it was. (they pick up everything)

First Zoo trip this spring....

2010-04-20T04:31:00.000-07:00

We have been so lucky to have such beautiful weather and we have been taking advantage of it every day. We took Zachary to the Zoo the other weekend and he loved it as always. No matter how much he goes he still loves every bit of it. Hope everyone has been enjoying this weather as much as we have. Best seat in the Zoo. Love my daddy!!

Still love my other sweet little man after 131/2 years. :-) So lucky to have a husband that truely loves being with us every weekend. Thanks Brett for being such a wonderful daddy and husband.

OMG we are on the train and I am sooo excited!!!

3 year check up!!

2010-04-18T19:14:00.000-07:00

This is a little late but we went to Zachary's 3 year checkup and he was 95% in height (as always) and 85% in weight. I am so blessed to have a child #1, to have a healthy child, and one that is just so sweet. I am thankful every day to have this little man in my life. Here he is waiting on Dr. Flowers to come and check him out. He got another "A+" on everything.

Easter day!

2010-04-18T19:06:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter yet again with out little man and family. He got lots of stuff from the Easter Bunny. He was upset that he missed him again. He thinks next year he should wait up all night to say hey (hope he forgets). Here are just a few pictures on Easter day.

Getting ready to go to church! Such a cute little guy!

Another Easter Egg hunt.

Easter Egg Hunt!!

2010-03-28T13:19:00.001-07:00

We took Zachary to Stawberry Park this weekend for the Easter Egg hunt. He had a lot of fun and got a basket full of eggs. We had a lot of fun. He was not too sure about the bunny at first.

Gettting ready to start the hunt!!

My sweet little man!! He is sooo sweet..just love him!

I see candy in that basket!

Half Marathon and New Orleans Trip!

2010-03-03T06:31:00.000-08:00

Back in April Brett and I took on P90X and loved it. It was nice that we both were doing it to help encourage each other. It was for 90 days and we felt great. After that we decided we needed to start another routine to keep in shape. I started running 2-3 miles to get ready for my first 5k which was October 31st. That afternoon Lacey and I took a big step and entered the half marathon race for Feb. We have been "training" ever since then. Brett really did not run much because he did not want to loose too much weight since he is doing a lot of weight training. I must say it was hard to find time sometimes to run since I am in Grad school but some how I did. I have the most wonderful husband that helps me out so much!
Well the weekend finally was here to head down to NO for the race. We spent the day in NO saturday and ran the race Sunday at 7am. I was like a little kid because I was so excited. We had a great trip and everyone did great!! Now I think I may be doing another one soon...we will see. The first picure is me passing through the finish line. I am in the middle but it's hard to see me.

Me and Liza after the race.

The PICU girls!! Great job everyone!

Brett and I with our metals. He did great! So proud of him for running with me. He only finished 8 minutes after me and I think the longest he had ran was 4 miles.

The best part of the race! Celebrating with family and friends :)

After a long day in NO he took a nap in the hotel room. This was him sleeping and I had to take a picture. I told Brett he was saying a little prayer that his mommy and daddy do good in the race in the morning. Sweet little boy!

We took him to the aquarium for the first time since we were down there. He loved it!

Pump It Up 3rd Birthday Party!!

2010-02-21T19:06:00.000-08:00

Here is Zachary getting ready to play at Pump it up for his birthday! He is in love with anything construction so you will see that a lot in here. He was so proud of his bulldozer shirt. We had a great birthday party with lots of great friends. Thanks for everyone that came. You guys are great and I was so glad to be able to spend it with you guys. Hope you enjoy just a few of the pictures from his party! Aunt Lacey and Brooklee.

Tanner was looking at the presents :)

Zachary and his buddy Luke playing air hockey!

Two of my most favorite Kiddos!! And just maybe they will grow up and fall in love with each other :)

Zachary and his Aunt Em. What would we do without this girl. Zachary did not want anyone else to slide and play with him except for his Aunt Em. Sorry you were sore the next day Em!

Zachary and Ella.

Unlce Michael and Zachary!

He loved his cake. Although, even though we bought all new construction trucks for this cake he was upset to see them go for her to make it. The poor boy had to give each one a hug and a kiss.

And at the end of the party I caught him rolling his trucks in icing and licking it. Then he just took the cone to scoop the rest of it up. At least he liked it.

And after a fun morning at Pump it Up we spent the rest of the day at the park to play and have lunch. It was such a beautiful day!!

Happy 3rd birthday Zachary!!

2010-02-16T11:37:00.000-08:00

I can not believe that my little man is 3!! He has been such a blessing and a joy. We had a wonderful weekend celebrating his birthday and we still have his party this weekend. I must say it was sooo funny how many text messages and phone calls that he got. You guys are GREAT!!! This first picture is his breakfast cake. And of course since we had 3 little cakes we decided to put candles in it.

Loved the pony ride but he saw a bulldozer next door and asked if he could ride that instead :)!!

Birthday dinner!! Lots of fun. He was in the funniest mood.

It's snowing again!!

2010-02-16T11:26:00.000-08:00

We had sooo much fun in the snow this past weekend. Although, I hate to tell Zachary that he probably will not see this much snow in years to come. He even had snow on his birthday!! Silly boy

I think we had the biggest snow ball on the street.

Zachary's first 3 years!!

2010-02-02T14:05:00.000-08:00

Thank you Zachary for this wonderful little journey the past 3 years. You are the best little man a mommy can have. I hope everyone enjoys some of the pictures of Zachary's first 3 years. His birthday is next week but it seems like yesterday we were waiting for him to get here.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Fun pics!!

2010-01-31T14:17:00.000-08:00

Crazy drummer boy!!

2009-12-29T14:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day 2009!!!

2009-12-29T04:42:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. We loved every second of this years Christmas. Zachary had a ball.

His new Rocky the Robot talking dump truck.

Gunner and Zachary opening some presents at Nanny's house

His favorite present from mommy and daddy. The boy loves trash trucks!!

Just look at this face when he sees what it is!!

Stocking stuffers

Sweet little smile

My new drummer. He loves playing mommy songs.

The first thing he went to when he went in the living room was the dump truck and bulldozer of course!

In his room getting ready to come out and see what all Santa brought!

Hey mom where did my cupcake go and where is Santa???? That's what he asked all morning!

Trying out some of Santa's cupcake before we went to bed :)

We made cupcakes for baby Jesus's birthday and thought Santa would like some too!!

We had a blast Christmas morning and never stopped until that night. He loved every second of the day and never once got grumpy or tired of anything. The weekend after Christmas was so much fun to see him playing with all of his new toys and the smiles on his sweet little face. So amazing how things change when you have a baby. I am so blessed!!!!

Christmas fun!

2009-12-29T04:35:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few pictures of some fun times this Christmas season. The first one is where he was showing Santa his gum. He really did enjoy talking to Santa this year. By the end we had to tell him to finish up that other people had to talk to Santa. At least he has never been scared of him.

Santa and Zachary!!

2009-12-13T11:14:00.000-08:00

We went to the Ag Museum the other night and this was too cute I had to post it. You may not hear all of what Zachary was saying but he tells Santa "look I have gum in my mouth" Then he tells him he would like yet more bulldozers and dumptrucks for Christmas. Tell him about the train he saw and then last tells Santa to look I have something on my hand (Gloves) Just too cute. He just talks and talks when he sees Santa. They are like old friends since mommy takes him to see so many :) Love, love, love Christmas time!!!

Christmas with Santa

2009-12-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

We went to one of the many Sants's this year at Bass pro. He walked up and immediately started talking to Santa about his toys. He told him he would like an excavator, bulldozer, dump truck, and back hoe. So neat to listen to there little thoughts. Every Christmas just gets a little better. Love it!!

SNOW!!

2009-12-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

Zachary finally got his wish...snow!! He has been watching Frosty the Snowman and was ready to build his own little snowman. He loved playing in it and it was a lot of fun. He of course had to get is bulldozer and dump trucks out to start digging. Then he rode around being silly saying he was making his train tracks.

Christmas time!!

2009-11-30T04:31:00.001-08:00

I am loving this Christmas so much already!! We put our tree up about 2 weeks ago and started talking to Zachary about Santa. He was so sweet saying he only wanted Santa to bring him 1 toy because he needed to share (he has the sweetest heart) We bought the elf on the shelf and read it the other night. He was really excited about his new elf that he named Jack. For me I have finished Christmas shopping, wrapped all the presents, and ready to enjoy this season with my two favorite guys. Hope everyone has a great Christmas season!!

How times fly!!

2009-11-24T04:24:00.000-08:00

Sweet Brooklee and Aunt Em came over to play with us the other day and Zachary was there with Brooklee checking everything out. Brooklee has this playmat that is very much like the one Zachary had which made me start thinking back when he was her age. Well the next day at work Anita was showing me an email I sent to her with Zachary playing with his playmat. So I decided to post the current ones and then an old one. They just grow like weeds!!

Happy Halloween!!

2009-11-03T04:09:00.001-08:00

We had a busy Halloween this year. Started it with a 5K then went to the museum for the day. When he got up from his nap we went to his granny Rose's house for a little while to show everyone is outfit. We fianlly made it to the Flowood park for some fun. After that we went back to our neighborhood for a hayride, bonfire, and more trick-or-treating. The day before we went to the school my mom works at to trick-or-treat all the kid's rooms. He loves seeing those big boys. He goes right along with them. We had fun with our little football player.

This is him about to tell him his name at the costume parade.

Getting ready to carve the pumpkin!

So proud of that little pumpkin!

Halloween Storytime

2009-10-29T11:49:00.001-07:00

I wanted to post some pictures of storytime because this is one of Zachary's favorite things to do. I started taking him around 6 months old to the mother goose on Mondays. Now we go to the pre-school one and he is loving it. This is Mrs. June and he is in love with her. She is the best little teacher. She reads them books, they dance, play games, and they always make something at the end. A lot of times they get candy too.

They made a spooky necklace this week and he did it all by himself. He says he is a "big boy" all the time now :)

So proud of his necklace!!

Dancing and being silly!

2009-10-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

We took our first camping trip this past weekend. It was a lot of fun and the boys had something to do all day long. Zachary would tell me every now in then "mom I am having such a good time". He already is talking about going back to see Yogi. I think a summer trip would be a lot of fun. We had yogi come to the cabin the first night for a "tuck in with milk and cookies". He loved it!! Giving Yogi a high five.

Seeing Yogi walking up. Not sure at first but then loved him.

He was so funny. He was acting like a monkey and an owl.

Sweet little boys. We took some crackers to feed the fish.

Getting ready to go on the hayride.

We met Yogi at the flag pole Saturday morning.

He colored a pretty little picture. We made other things but daddy put them on the golf cart for decorations.

My little artist. He did very good painting this pumpkin. They had stuff pretty much all day for them to do.

Getting ready to do "trick or treating"

"trick or treat"

Fall Festival fun times!!

2009-10-18T09:17:00.000-07:00

The Renaissance at Colony park had a fall festival Saturday that was so fun. When we first got there they had a pumpkin patch set up for the kids to get a pumpkin. He was thinking hard about which pumpkin he wanted.
He found a little one that he said was just right for his room :-)

Loved the slides & space jumps.

The fire department was there and they were so nice. They let him play in the truck and played with him a while. He loves trucks so this was a lot of fun.

Our little fireman!!

Zachary just loves his cousin Gunner. He likes to give lots of hugs and he would not stop when we were taking these pictures. He is such a sweet little man. Loves to give kisses, hugs, and to tell you he loves you more. Hope he stays like this forever!!

Getting ready for the hayride.

Zachary's first pony ride. He loved this little horse and now he wants one. He did great and acted like he really knew what he was doing.

Fair 2009

2009-10-11T14:48:00.000-07:00

The fair gets more fun every year for Zachary. He loves the rides and we actually put him on just about everything without him being scared. He loves the planes as you can see by the big smile on his face. Man it's fun to have a kid to be able to do all of this stuff.

He loved the rollar coaster. It was his favorite. He laughed so much...good times :-)

He LOVES trucks so this was another fav....

The petting Zoo

This was Brett at the circus. It was so funny but he did a great job with the clown.

Halloween cookies!!

2009-10-06T14:32:00.000-07:00

Well today we had so much fun cooking Halloween cookies. I love to cook and especially love to make sweets! Zachary pretty much did this all by himself. He had so much fun. As you can see he was excited about getting started!!
One of the first cookies he got out!

We had to add some sprinkles of course!

Tried to add some chocolate chips but someone liked eating them instead of putting them on the cookies :)

he was so proud of his cookies as you can see!!

Ready to eat!

They were soooo yummy!!

Zachary's first air show!

2009-10-05T04:44:00.001-07:00

We took Zachary to his first air show this past weekend and it was so much fun. It was such a pretty day. He loved wathing the planes and even got to play in the helicopter, jeeps, and some planes. This is him getting ready for the show with his shades on :-)

They were giving out baseballs and all kind of toys. Sitting up on daddy's shoulders to get a good view of the show.

Zachary loved when they did the smoke thing. We actually have a plane that comes by our house and will wave at him when we are in the backyard. Not sure who it is but he comes by almost every afternoon to see if Zachary is outside playing. Needless to say he loves the little planes.

So excited!!! Look at that face....priceless!!

Trying to fly his own plane!

Playing in the helicopter

Brooklee

2009-09-20T15:38:00.000-07:00

This was one of the sweetest moments yet. If you don't know Zachary loves his Aunt Em. When ever we go somewhere he is saying no mom Aunt Em do it. Well we have been talking about Brooklee now for some time. We did not know if he would be upset or happy to see her in person. Well....he LOVED her!!! He said over and over just how sweet she was. He wanted to hold her and love on her. He still had to sit by his Aunt Em but it did not bother him that he would be sharing her now :)
He was counting her little fingers....they were all there :)

So sweet. I think he will be a great big brother someday.

No more toddler bed!!

2009-09-14T04:51:00.001-07:00

Zachary loved sleeping in the big bed when we went to the beach this year so we thought it was about time to get him a real bed. We took him last weekend to pick it out and this is what he wanted. He loves baseball and football so this was his favorite of course. He told me that night "mom I like my new bed, its big and so comfy" He is so funny!!! Love this age!! But then again I have loved every age but it just seems to get better :)

Officially Potty trained!!!!

2009-09-14T04:45:00.001-07:00

Wow! He is growing up too fast. We are now officially potty trained :). He has been going to the potty since last summer but we still put him in diapers most of the time. We really started working with him this summer and now he thinks he is so big because he wears big boy pants. He says "mom I am a BB now" So proud of his BB (big boy) pants!!

And of course the little cute picture from behind :)

Sesame Street Live 2009

2009-08-30T08:42:00.000-07:00

We took Zachary to see Sesame street live this weekend and he had so much fun. He talked about it the whole day Friday and when they finally started the show he was amazed to say the least. It was a great show and I would of paid a lot more money to see the look on thier face when they came out. Getting ready to start the show. We were on the front row right in the middle of the stage. We really could not of had better seats. Of course they would not smile for the camera but they were all smiles.

Their little faces when they first started to come out on stage. It was great!!

So close..it was great!

Brief intermission during the show so they could play a while.

Eating some popcorn before they started back. He was too glued to eat it during the show.

So we were on the first row and the characters would come down and see the kids a lot. I think Zachary was able to give them all high five...which he was so happy about.

This was his little light up toy that we bought him.

And here is his favorite guy..cookie monster!!! We were waiting for him to come down to see Zachary..........

And he finally came down and rubbed his head and gave him high five. You should of scene his little face. He had a smile from ear to ear. We were so happy!!!!

At the end they had confetti bombs going off.

Maley's first swimming session over

2009-08-29T12:44:00.000-07:00

Zachary finished his 16 week swim classes Tuesday August 25th and we went out for dinner to celebrate how proud we were of them all. At first Zachary did not like putting his head under at all. As the classes went by he got so much better. Now if you are in the pool you better be close because he thinks it so fun to go under and try to swim. He is kicking and holding his breath but he still sinks. We signed him up for the next session that starts this coming Tuesday and I am thinking he will be a little fish by the end of the 16 weeks. Regardless, it has been fun and something we get to do together and with friends.

Waiting on my food and coloring!

GREAT JOB GUYS : )

Zachary and his buddy Austin ready to dig into that cake!!

I mean really! Hurry up with the pictures and give us the cake.

Yummy Yummy cake!!!

Let me smear it on my face a little more :)

Destin Beach Trip 09'

2009-08-18T04:39:00.001-07:00

Our Destin Trip for 2009 was the best thus far. Each year gets a little better which so hard to imagine. We all had a wonderful time. Here is Zachary on the beach one night looking at the planes. They had an airshow almost every night with fireworks too on Thursday nights. The room we rented was so nice. Little man had his own room and bed. He really needs a big bed now. Toddler bed is just not going to cut it for long.

He loves the sand. We stayed out there for hours each day playing, making sand castles, digging holes.....

All grown up riding the plane! He loved it so we had come back and ride this a couple of times :)

Our afternoon stroll to look at the harbor with all of the boats.

Getting ready to eat some yummy food at AJ's

All I can say is this was so much fun. I am ready to Disney World!!

He had is own little bench to play with all of his toys.

Future football pro!!! The boy really does have a good arm and can throw a ball.

He loved the little dog that the pirate made him but was not too sure about him

Loving the beach with my wonderful family.

Zoo trip

2009-07-27T04:27:00.000-07:00

We took advantage of the pretty day Sat. and went to the Zoo. He likes it a little more every time we go. The giraffes seem to be one of his favs these days.

Not sure why but I love just watching these two when he his on his shoulders like this. My two guys...I am so blessed to have such a wonderful fam.

He loves these goats. They had roosters but we could not touch them. He did not like the pig too much. Said they were dirty!

He talked about the train all day. Between trains, dump trucks, and diggers. I think we might have a train theme this year for his b-day.

Ready to go!!

Riding his bike like a big boy!!

2009-07-27T04:21:00.000-07:00

Here is my little man riding on his bike like a pro. His little legs can reach the peddles now and that was all it took. We took him to the bike trail because he needed some more room to ride. WOW how they grow up so fast. We have to keep up with him now. Love it though because I love to ride my bike :) And there he goes! Bye bye mommy was what he said before he took off!

2009-07-14T04:53:00.000-07:00

Swimming like a big boy!! We had midterm grades this week and he got all A's (of course) He is doing great and not getting upset anymore when he goes under to swim. Getting ready to swim to mommy.

2009-06-29T04:53:00.000-07:00

Well Zachary went to his first Mississippi Braves game. We went to the Atlanta Braves game last year and had a blast so we gave Mississippi Braves a shot too. They had a blast. They watched the game a little, played on the slide, jumped, and went walking a lot. They even made it to the fireworks which i think started after 10p.m. We will do it again soon I hope. Watching the fireworks. He was amazed!!!

2009-06-19T05:18:00.000-07:00

Well we finally sold the old boat and got a new one....so we have been going out a lot. Zachary would go out everyday if we could. He was showing me here how to drive the boat and what the buttons are far. He helped daddy clean it up so he learned everything!!

He calls this his little beach! He loves to play in the sand. Mommy and daddy love to relax and watch him :)

2009-06-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

We try and stay cool with the pool and water toys. We are always outside playing so this is perfect to cool off in. Having a little snack with mom.

This little man thought it would be funny to start spraying the water everywhere.

Waiting for the pool to fill up so we can play!!

2009-06-11T13:34:00.000-07:00

This was too sweet. Zachay always has play dates with his Aunt Em on Wednesdays but he was not too sure about this one. He wanted to know if it would bite him. He finally understood that Em could still play with him and he was ok with it then. Although, I think someone will be jealous when she gets here.

2009-05-28T06:28:00.000-07:00

We took out yearly beach trip to the beach this year and had a wonderful time. Zachary has a blast every year. Although, each year we have more and more fun with him. This year was special because we were there for Mother's Day weekend.

This picture is after the boys went riding on the go-carts!! They both loved it!!

Getting ready to go on Zachary's first go-cart ride. Get ready, get set, GO!!!!

ok so this almost made me cry because it was the first ride he went on and he had to ride by himself. Made me see just how big my little man is getting. Look at that smile though!!

And then we could not stop him. He was riding all kind of rides. He spun around and around and loved it!!

My little fish. He is learning in swim class how to kick and swim. As you can see he loves the water.

Daddy and Zachary making sand castles!

My Mother's Day dinner. We went to the Warf for good food and music!! It was yummy!!

This ends our beach trip for May. We are going again this August to Destin for a full 8 days 7 nights...can't wait!!!!!!!

2009-05-15T09:11:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for the first day of swim class.

Hayes, Austin and Zachary looking out at the pool!

2009-05-04T07:47:00.000-07:00

My sweet little man. He loves to feed the ducks at the park. He saves everything for them. This was last week before we went to pre-school story time. I thought he was too cute in his little hat so we took some pictures of course.

Silly boy thought he would eat some of the bagel we had for the ducks.

Making sure he gets all of the ducks!

He thought it was too funny when he decided he would eat some of their food too.

So my wonderful husband gets Zachary up every Sunday to go to 8 o'clock church service when I work. He thought he would take some pics for mommy. But look 85 degress outside in those pants. What can I say....too funny.

My little stud!!

Fun play dates. We had everyone over that morning fun lots of fun and then had lunch. We will do this a lot hopefully this summer. I think they all had a great time.

2009-04-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

We took Zachary to see Bob the Builder this week and he loved it more than anything. Just seeing him get that excited was the best. We are going to have to go back next year.
We had an intermision so we went and played outside by the water

My sweet little angel!!!!

Here they are.... Bob and the crew :)

This is when they first came out and he was smiling so big!!

And he was clapping when they came out saying yeah mommy!!

2009-04-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

Zachary had a great Easter this year. Last year he was sick so we made up for it!!! After all of the Easter egg hunts we had 5 baskets full of stuff. My camera ate some of the pictures, so I am not able to post many of the pictures but he had a great time. Here he is at his Easter egg hunt on Saturday with Austin and Hayes.

On Sunday we went to church and headed to Granny Rose's house for lunch. After that we had another big Easter egg hunt.

My sweet little boy....I am so thankful everyday to have such a blessing. God is so good to us.

Even after all weekend of finding eggs he was still excited to find more eggs :)

Happy Easter Zachary!!!!!!!!

2009-04-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

Today we spent the day at the park again. Zachary is loving the slides and can do everything now by himself. Mr. INDEPEDENT for sure. He had a great time.

This was a neat little think where he could play with some bells. He liked making a lot of noise with this one :)

Look at my little blonde hair little boy!! Not sure who he gets that from?????

Here daddy is trying to take some pictures with our new camera. Zachary got a new bubble machine and loves it.

He likes taking all of his toys out so he can play inside it. Silly boy!

2009-03-24T08:07:00.000-07:00

We went to the Natural Science Museum last weekend and had a lot of fun. Wish the weather was a little nicer so we could of played more outside but we bought a season pass so I am sure we will be back a lot:)

The play room was open and he loved it. They do story time too so I think we will try that out soon.

This was by far his favorite thing. It teaches you to recycle but Zachary just liked to take it out and put it back. The little things they love that you would never thing of.

Here daddy is showing me about lights.

2009-03-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

Play Dates

Renee and I took Zachary and Austin to Gatttie Town Friday since it was raining outside. They had a blast! Here is Zachary laying in the chair to some ride. He was not too sure what to think but he wanted to like it :)

Here we are all trying to get the balls in the fish's mouth. It was not as easy at it looked but the boys like it.

Zachary's Favorite ride...the dumptruck. Although, he was not sure what to think right here because there was a boy playing a gun game that made a lot of noise.

After story time Monday I took Zachary to the park for lunch. Austin and his mommy went with us. It was hard to get them sliding at the same time :)

Going through the tunnel to get to the slide!

This picture says it all. They had been to story time for an hour and to then to the park for about 2 hours. They were ready for a nap!!!

2009-03-11T07:22:00.000-07:00

Here is Zachary trying to pet the fish at the Zoo!! We had a blast.

Zachary's favorite part of the trip was the train ride. He talked about this for a long time. He loves trains!!

And of course we had to go on the Merry-Go-Round.

He loved the goats and wanted to take one home. I don't think we will be getting one right now.

Daddy and Zachary looking at the monkeys. (My two little monkeys!!)

2009-02-28T06:38:00.000-08:00

Silly boys! Here is Zachary and his buddy Austin sliding... We will have a lot of play dates with this one I think :)

Yummy cake mom!!!

My little wild man. Not afraid of anything!

Here is Zachary giving our neighbor (his girlfriend) a big hug. He loves Rivers!

Blowing out the candle. He did a great job. Probably because we have been practicing for weeks.

The tent that he loves so much. And believe it or not...we all can fit in it. Zachary loved this. All three of us in this little tent ")

Eating some lunch..Daddy made us hotdogs and hamburgers

Look at all my presents!! I liked the cards too.

My new bike that mommy and daddy got me.

Daddy is showing me how to ride. He is the best daddy!

Wow! I have a baseball set. How much fun!

Zachary and Logan riding in the wagon

2009-02-27T12:47:00.000-08:00

Playing in my new sandbox....Thanks to Aunt Lacey I have new sand toys that I love!

Here I am in my new tent that Austin gave me. I tried to put everything inside. Now we need to have a play date with Austin because he has the tunnel that goes to the tent. Thank you Nannie for my dump truck. It was just what I wanted!

Watching the bubble maker that Aunt Em got me. I love this machine!

Just relaxing on a pretty day outside....which is where we love to be when it is pretty.

Out little future pro baseball player. He actually does very well with this and has a great arm on him :)

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One of my favorite things to do....bath time!!!!

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Happy 2nd Birthday sweet boy!!!